Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Charles B. Brooks (1865-?)
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Reginald Doucet (1985-2011)
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Antoine “Fats” Domino (1928-2017)
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Knoxville College (1875- )

Explore Global African History

Apartheid Sign, ca. 1980
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Apartheid (1948-1994)
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(1973) Lucy Mvubelo, “My Plea to the International Labor Organization”
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Ahmadu Bello University (1962- )
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Tupac in Sarajevo: The Rise of Rebellion Rap in Eastern Europe

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States
Hattie Cantry and Members of the Hotel and Culinary Workers on Strike
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Africa in 1595 as known to Italian explorers and cartographers
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Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)
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Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner: An Ultramarathoning Legend and Unsung Hero in the Struggle for Racial Equality in America.

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators